Wright Brothers

  • Fast Facts for kids – about 60 facts about the Wright Brothers
  • Note – if you close the ad that shows up it will totally go away and squish together the page.
  • Short biography about the brothers

George Washington Carver

  • Biographical information about George Washington Carver
  • Biographical information plus a 5 minute video about George Washington Carver
  • Biography of George Washington Carver
  • Facts about George Washington Carver – contains ads!
  • Short (2 minute) video on George Washington Carver – has good photographs of him

Alexander Graham Bell

  • Biography of Bell
  • Biography of Bell
  • Biographical information as well as a short 1 minute video
  • Facts about Bell
  • 5 little known facts about Bell
  • BrainPop information about Bell

Thomas Edison

  • Short biography as well as plenty of fun facts
  • Short biography but lists inventions and when they were invented
  • This is the site from the National Park Service about Edison
  • Biography of Edison
  • Biographical information about Edison

Louis Armstrong

  • Biography of Armstrong
  • Facts and biographical info on Armstrong. Also includes 2 videos of him singing – “When the Saints Go Marching In” and “What a Wonderful World”
  • Biography of Armstrong
  • Biography of Armstrong as well as a “Mini-Biography” video (4 minutes)
  • 15 fun facts about Armstrong
  • Short facts about Armstrong

Langston Hughes

  • Biography of Hughes
  • Biographical information about Hughes as well as a short video of him (3:30 minutes)
  • Biographical information. Make sure to go to the bottom of the page for even more information!
  • Information about Hughes. Also has a video of him reading his poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”
  • Biography of Hughes

Babe Ruth

  • Biography of Babe Ruth
  • Biography of Babe Ruth
  • 10 little known facts about Babe Ruth

I know this is a super short list but most sites are blocked because of the “Babe” in his name!

Henry Ford

  • Biography of Henry Ford
  • Fast facts about Henry Ford
  • Biography of Henry Ford
  • Biography of Ford plus a 45 minute video of his life
  • Biography of Ford

Charles Lindbergh

  • Biography plus video (47 min.) of Lindbergh
  • 10 biographical facts about Lindbergh
  • Fast facts about Charles Lindbergh
  • Biography about Lindbergh
  • Short (3:20 min.) video about Lindbergh’s flight

Duke Ellington

  • Short biography of Duke Ellington
  • Basic biographical information plus videos of Duke Ellington performing
  • Biography of Duke Ellington plus short video (4 min.) of Ellington
  • Fun facts about Ellington
  • Biography of Ellington

Margaret Mitchell

  • Biography of Margaret Mitchell
  • 5 little known facts about Margaret Mitchell

Jesse Owens

  • Biography of Jesse Owens
  • Biography of Jesse Owens and a short (3:30 min.) video of him
  • 10 facts about Jesse Owens
  • Biographical information about Jesse Owens
  • Fun facts about Owens